Norsemen is pretty funny, I wasn’t sure after the first episode but I kept watching and it grew on me. I read that there is a Norwegian version as well, but Netflix being Netflix only hosted the English version unfortunately.
I also watched 1670, but speaking 0 Polish I felt some jokes didn’t land as well as they could have if I spoke the language
ZeroZeroZero (2020)
🇮🇹 Drug crime, thriller, action-adventure
One of my favourites, it manages to intertwine several stories and locations quite nicely.
ZeroZeroZero follows the journey of a cocaine shipment, from the moment a powerful Italian cartel buys it, to its packaging in Mexico and shipment across the Atlantic. The journey is followed until final delivery and payment in Europe. At the same time, it sparks an epic power struggle throughout the chain, from local dealers to the most powerful boss in the hierarchy of international organised crime.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/92137-zerozerozero
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
🇬🇧 Action-adventure, thriller, spy, hitman
Super thrilling, every single episode had something going on and it had great characters all around.
An unequalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living by committing murders at the highest rate. But after his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who begins tracking the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse game across Europe, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/222766-the-day-of-the-jackal
Au Service de la France / A Very Secret Service (2015)
🇫🇷 Comedy, spy, cold war
Typical French humour, I really loved it. Easy to watch and I felt it made use of the spirit of 1960s France quite elegantly.
Paris 1960. 23-year-old André Merlaux is proud to join the French secret service - the best in the world. Under the strict supervision of his superior Moïse, André is trained by three elite agents to carry out the most delicate missions. He could become the best of the best, but he falls in love with the wrong person.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/64249-au-service-de-la-france
Kleo (2022)
🇩🇪 Comedy, spy, cold war
Great characters and I feel they mimicked the period style very well.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former East German spy resolves to find out who betrayed her and why — and use her lethal skills to exact revenge.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/206010-kleo
Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter / Generation War (2013)
🇩🇪 War (WWII), drama
I thought this series is rather unique, because it shows the war from a German perspective and on a human scale, focusing on the individuals rather than the action.
Wilhelm, his younger brother Friedhelm, Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say goodbye in Berlin in the summer of 1941, promising to see each other again after the war. They do not know how long the war will last, let alone to what extent the unfathomable experiences, hardships and horrors will change them.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/46849-unsere-mutter-unsere-vater
Eigen Kweek / Home Grown (2013)
🇧🇪 Comedy, drug crime
This one is mostly for a Dutch speaking audience I think, it has typical Flemish humour and lovely characters.
Home Grown tells the story of the Welvaert family, a family of sympathetic potato farmers from Heuvelland. Jos and Ria have two sons, Frank and Steven, who, to Jos’ frustration, show no interest whatsoever in growing potatoes. And then there is Geoffrey, a distant cousin they raised as their own son after his father was killed.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/61519-eigen-kweek
After Life (2019)
🇬🇧 Dark comedy, drama
I think a lot of people know this one, full of dark British humour.
Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/79410-after-life
I advice you to always watch comedies (or preferably any series) in their original language with subtitles
Ik doe het soms thuis omdat mensen dan net iets beter zijn te verstaan. Soms heb je mensen aan de lijn waarvan het lijkt alsof ze in een orkaan staan te bellen, of bij een straalmotor, of ergens waar anno 2024 nog steeds geen mobiele verbinding is. Als ik ze dan iets harder kan horen, dan kan dat net het verschil maken.
Ik heb juist het tegenovergestelde bij DeepL. Naar mijn gevoel zijn de vertalingen juist stukken beter: ze zijn minder letterlijk, maar de betekenis van zinnen wordt veel beter overgebracht, zoals een native speaker zou doen. Losse woorden wilt hij soms echter niet vertalen, maar daar kan ik sowieso beter een woordenboek voor raadplegen.
Hoe beviel de overstap naar Linux? Ik wil al een tijdje overstappen naar Linux Mint op mijn werk/studielaptop, maar hij doet het eigenlijk te goed om me dat laatste duwtje te geven.